CEO Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Schussler is the founder of the highly successful Rainforest Cafe (hence the jungle theme). He shares a list of 5 Ps of breakthrough success: Personality (Schussler has it. It shines through in the book) Product "Be excellent or be gone". He has a great chapter on passion which clearly is what drives business success.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

I asked each of these leaders a single question about healthy leadership: What healthy habits do you attribute to your success as a leader? These 3 areas of health are critical to your success and I’m glad to see a recurring theme among the answers. Healthy Habits Of Successful Leaders. Michael Hyatt.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2016

In 1960, Harvard professor Theodore Levitt published a landmark paper in Harvard Business Review that urged executives to adapt by asking themselves, “What business are we really in?” Rather, successful firms prevail by shaping the future. None met with significant success. Jennifer Maravillas for HBR.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2014

Some kids are skipping college entirely and heading straight into business, pointing to the success of dropouts like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg. A recent story in the New York Times highlighted a pair of high school students who had experienced considerable success as app developers. Hear me out.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2014

In 1960, marketing legend Ted Levitt provided perhaps his seminal contribution to the Harvard Business Review : “ Marketing Myopia.” To avoid that, Levitt exhorted leaders to ask themselves the seemingly obvious question – “What business are you really in?” No, it’s to maximize shareholder value.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Levitt and Dubner, they of Freakonomics, offer a slightly more sophomoric example when they point out that the "average" adult in a global sample has one breast and one testicle. Still, companies often make the mistake of developing products and features to appeal to the mean. We're not saying you need perfect sub-segmentation.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2014

Decades ago, Harvard professor Theodore Levitt popularized the rationale behind why people buy quarter-inch drill bits: “People don’t want quarter-inch bits. Technology advancements are quickly outpacing traditional use cases, making the design and development of meaningful products harder than ever. Who is my growth customer?

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